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Assosport, the Italian sporting goods industry association, has launched the...
Assosport, the Italian sporting goods industry association, has launched the third edition of Dote in Movimento (Movement Dowry), an initiative intended to promote sports participation among children aged 6-11. The initiative is organized in collaboration with the Veneto Region and CONI, the Italian Olympic Committee. Dote in Movimento was launched ...
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This month Stadium began sponsoring FC St. Pauli, the well-known...
This month Stadium began sponsoring FC St. Pauli, the well-known football club in Hamburg. The Swedish sports retailer entered the German market in 2014 with a store in the city. It plans to organize two events with the FC St. Pauli next year, focusing on sustainability. One of the events ...
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With the new year, the heads of Bike Europe's editorial...
With the new year, the heads of Bike Europe's editorial team are switching roles. After more than 21 years in the post, Jack Oortwijn will hand over the position of chief editor to the magazine's younger, 50-year-old deputy editor-in-chief, Jan Willem van Schaik. Oortwijn, 63, will take over his position, ...
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Peter Cuneo, chairman of the board of directors at the...
Peter Cuneo, chairman of the board of directors at the Iconix Brand Group, has assumed the role of executive chairman. He has been on the board since October 2006 and served as interim chief executive from August 2015 to April 2016. In his new role, he will focus on evaluating ...
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Jason Boling has resigned from Cherokee Global Brands, the new...
Jason Boling has resigned from Cherokee Global Brands, the new owner of Hi-Tec, after five years in the position of financial director. Steven Brink has been appointed as his replacement. Brink previously worked as head of finance for an assortment of public and private apparel companies including seven years at ...
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Nike has extended its contract with a leading Brazilian football...
Nike has extended its contract with a leading Brazilian football team, Sport Club Corinthian Paulista, through 2029 with a one-time payment of 25 million Brazilian reais (€6.3m-$7.5m). The current contract, which was originally set to expire in 2025, continues to pay the team R$30 million (€7.6m-$9.1m) per year.
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Our international calendar of sports-related trade shows had one error...
Our international calendar of sports-related trade shows had one error and one important omission. We are running a modified version of the calendar in this issue.
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The finance director of the Calida Group, Thomas Stöcklin, will...
The finance director of the Calida Group, Thomas Stöcklin, will leave the Swiss company at the end of June 2018. Calida has started the search for a successor to the 47-year-old manager, who joined as a controller in 2005. The Calida Group owns the Calida, Aubade, Millet, Oxbow, Eider and ...
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Foot Locker opened its first store in Oslo, the capital...
Foot Locker opened its first store in Oslo, the capital of Norway, nearly two years after it was first reported that the American retailer would do so. The store is not significantly different from Foot Locker stores elsewhere in the world. It is located on the popular shopping street of ...
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Catrade has taken over the management of R'adys. The company's...
Catrade has taken over the management of R'adys. The company's founder, Adrian Ruhstaller, a specialist in bonded fabrics who performed many different functions, will now concentrate on product development for the Swiss sports apparel manufacturer.
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Puma has re-opened its store in the center of Munich...
Puma has re-opened its store in the center of Munich with the Forever Faster concept, which has already been adopted by six other European stores, from London, Berlin and Prague to Antwerp, Madrid and Herzogenaurach, the German town where Puma has its head office. The Munich store sells wide ranges ...
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Lucas von Cranach, the founder and chief executive of Onefootball,...
Lucas von Cranach, the founder and chief executive of Onefootball, told the Tech Crunch Disrupt Berlin conference earlier this month that the company has raised funds from investors including Adidas. Onefootball is a popular football app that boasts 25 million fans in 200 countries. Tech Crunch reports that Onefootball previously ...
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CMD Sport has worked out that a record number of...
CMD Sport has worked out that a record number of JD stores was opened in Spain this year. After openings in the shopping center of La Cañada in Marbella and the shopping center of Mataró Park in Mataró earlier this month, the number of openings has reached 14, to form ...
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Columbia Sportswear has released three limited-edition, premium jackets inspired by...
Columbia Sportswear has released three limited-edition, premium jackets inspired by the clothing worn by three characters playing in the movie “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.” Called Echo Base like the secret base on their ice plant, Hoth, the collection has been on sale at select retail stores and on ...
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The European Commission is gradually increasing funding of sports-related projects...
The European Commission is gradually increasing funding of sports-related projects through its Erasmus+ program, which started in 2014. It has set aside a budget of around €50 million to fund about 200 projects in 2018, building up gradually to 300 projects for €70 million in 2020. That would compare with ...
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Umbro has signed a contract to be the official supplier...
Umbro has signed a contract to be the official supplier of jerseys for the Reggae Boyz (sic) of the Jamaican football team, taking the place of Romai Sports, a sports brand based in the United Arab Emirates. The contract, which is reportedly worth $4 million, will run from 2018 through ...
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Nike has signed up an exclusive supply deal with Zotefoams,...
Nike has signed up an exclusive supply deal with Zotefoams, a U.K.-based specialist in cellular material technology. UNader the terms of the contract, Zotefoams will supply high-performance foam materials exclusively to Nike within the footwear industry. The foams can be formulated to specific customer needs. Zotefoams produces lightweight Azote polyolefin ...
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Downlite, the U.S.-based specialist in down processing, will be introducing...
Downlite, the U.S.-based specialist in down processing, will be introducing new down-fill products and sustainability initiatives at the forthcoming 2018 Outdoor Retailer Winter Market and the Ispo trade show. Among the new products is a new certified re/charged down based on the Global Recycled Standard (GRS) which is said to ...
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Eastpak is teaming up for the first time with Maison...
Eastpak is teaming up for the first time with Maison Kitsuné, the French label founded by Gildas Loaëc and Masaya Kuroki, on a capsule collection of travel bags and backpacks. The Maison Kitsuné X Eastpak collection features the iconic “Camo Fox” print of the French-Japanese brand on five Eastpak models. ...
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JD Sports Fashion has embarked on a program to install...
JD Sports Fashion has embarked on a program to install electronic article surveillance (EAS) tags in more than 200 stores all over Europe, in partnership with Agon Systems. A test conducted by tagging garments in the U.K., France and the Netherlands has apparently led to a reduction of up to ...
